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So go on over there and take a look, and when you’re done feeling healthy and budget-conscious, whip up a batch of these for dessert.

Because these are the easiest, simplest chocolate chip cookies possible. They’re pretty darn close to the recipe on the back of the Hershey’s package, but adding the New York Times’s excellent suggestion of sprinkling sea salt on the tops of the unbaked cookies — you cannot believe what a difference it makes. Sometimes I want my recipes to be interesting and unique — sometimes I just want them to be yummy. And for that, these cookies were perfect.

Ok I am lost. I see reference to brown sugar in the directions but not in the ingredients. Directions also say eggs plural???
Finally, how would this recipe that is about half of the new york times version (which makes 18), make 36 cookies? I tried this and it made only 22 cookies using teaspoonful size. I guessed and added some extra sugar to make up for the brown sugar omission. They taste ok.

I did a google search for chocolate chip cookies with sea salt and came across this recipe, so I decided to print & try it. I should have read all the comments first–Natalie’s is correct that the directions call for different things than the ingredients list. I was thrown by the directions calling for both regular & brown sugar and plural eggs as well, and wondered if I missed something. I went ahead with ingredients and amounts as-is (though using brown sugar instead of granulated) , ignoring the directions, and they turned out fine. Definitely does not make 3 dozen, more like 20 cookies.